UAF OIPC celebrates the 2025 IDEA Award Winners and the Spirit of Innovation
March 23, 2026
Our colleagues at the 花椒直播 Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization (OIPC) partnered with us as part of the inaugural Arctic Velocity event to present the Innovations, Disclosures, and Entrepreneurial Activities (IDEA) Awards.
As Stephanie Wright, Technology Transfer Associate at OIPC, reports "It was a day defined by high energy, brilliant minds, and a shared vision for what 花椒直播-grown innovation can do for our community".
You can find more on Stephanie's article on the IDEA awards ceremony and the winners this year at /oipc/news/2026/celebrating-2025-idea-award-winners.php
Innovative Disclosures and Entrepreneurial Activities (IDEA) Awards : The awards recognize entrepreneurial individuals who have developed innovative approaches to research, teaching, and service. The competition, started in 2015, is hosted by UAF's OIPC. Any innovation developed by 花椒直播 (UAF) or University of 花椒直播 Southeast () faculty, staff, and students using university resources or as part of a class is eligible for the IDEA Awards. An innovation could be, for example, a new method of doing something, a product, a composition, or software. To be eligible for the IDEA Awards faculty, staff, and students need to have disclosed their technology OIPC at https://uaf.edu/oipc/disclosure/.